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So ipt_register_table() does:
ret = nf_register_net_hooks(net, ops, hweight32(table->valid_hooks));
and then nf_register_net_hooks() just does
for (i = 0; i < n; i++) {
err = nf_register_net_hook(net, &reg[i]);
so if the *reg is uninitialized, it means that it's the 'ops[]' array
that isn't actually really valid in "valid_hooks". Odd. They should
all be initialized by xt_hook_ops_alloc(), no?
That said, xt_hook_ops_alloc() itself is odd. Lookie here, this is the
loop that initializes things:
for (i = 0, hooknum = 0; i < num_hooks && hook_mask != 0;
hook_mask >>= 1, ++hooknum) {
and it makes no sense to me how that tests *both* "i < num_hools" and
"hook_mask != 0".
Why? Because
num_hooks = hweight32(hook_mask);
so it's entirely redundant. num_hooks is already how many bits are on
in hook_mask, so that test is just duplicating the same thing twice
("have we done less than that number of bits" and "do we have any bits
less").
I don't know. There's something odd going on. Regardless, thsi is a
different problem from the nf_register_net_hook() list handling, so
I'll leave it to the networking people. David?
Linus
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